A man has suffered serious injuries following a head-on crash in Plymouth.

Police closed Tamerton Foliot Road in both directions following the two-vehicle collision.

Police officers and paramedics were called to the scene at about 4.10pm.

A spokesman from Devon and Cornwall Police said two people have been injured.

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20:11Charlotte Turner

Man suffered medical episode prior to the collision, police say

Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that a man in his 70s suffered a medical episode prior to the accident today. The pensioner was later cut free from his car and taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.